Trump's FDA Pick on Thin Ice; AI to Fight Insurance Denials; Coffee and Gut Health
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Doubts have emerged among Senate Republicans about Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, President Trump's pick to run the FDA, just days before a key vote on her nomination by...
Senate Republicans harbor doubts about Dr. Heidi Overton, MD, PhD, Donald Trump's selection to lead the FDA, on the eve of her nomination vote by the health committee. The FDA has halted the fast-track drug review program launched by former Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH.
Congenital syphilis cases among newborns in the U.S. have surged by nearly six times between 2012 and 2022, according to research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Artificial intelligence (AI) may prove useful in appealing health insurance denials, as suggested by an article in Time.
The ranking Democrats on the Senate Finance and House Energy and Commerce Committees have urged the Trump administration to postpone the implementation of Medicaid work requirements, set to commence in January. CMS has extended a moratorium on new Medicare enrollments from hospice and home health agencies to combat fraud, waste, and abuse.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified six measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year, double the number reported in all of 2025. CMS has slashed over $29 million in funding for Texas clinics offering HIV prevention services, joining previous cuts targeting the same initiatives nationwide.
In Texas, newly elected Democrats may aim to repeal the state's nearly comprehensive abortion ban. A Massachusetts cardiologist, Daniel Arnett, MD, whose body was discovered after a cycling trip, has been pronounced a suicide, as reported by the New York Post.
Health Canada has cautioned consumers about bacteria-contaminated unapproved injectable peptides and non-peptide drugs purchased online from Shanghai ERP Peptide Biotechnology. Concerns over overspending of funds from the opioid settlement have sparked questions regarding local governments' management of these resources, according to KFF Health News.
A Microsoft Outlook email outage disrupted certain surgical procedures in the United Kingdom, as detailed by The Guardian. Researchers have discovered that hospital sewer systems could potentially serve as breeding grounds for drug-resistant super bugs, as highlighted in Fox News.
A comprehensive map of the brain's basal ganglia could yield insights into novel therapies for multiple neurologic and mental health disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, addiction, and Parkinson's disease, according to a report in Nature.
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